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At a time when tensions are growing, fueled by "blatant misuse of social media" and by political manipulation, Catholics and Hindus are called to teach personal responsibility for civilized behavior and to promote "respect, love and trust" among people, a Vatican office said.

Prayer is medicine for one's faith and it reinvigorates the soul, Pope Francis said.

Saying he did not want to rush the process of discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the church to grow in "synodality," Pope Francis announced that the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops would take place in two sessions.

While many Catholic movements go through a period of confusion after their founder dies, the key to continued flourishing is to remember with gratitude the founder's gifts and to be open to new ways or new places the Holy Spirit wants them to grow, Pope Francis told members of Communion and Liberation.

There is "no question" the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter "were heinous," but "a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is a severe and just punishment," said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.

While many in Ukraine regularly hear the sounds of air raid sirens, and some, exploding rockets, the sound of music will fill St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minneapolis starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 16. The church is hosting the 13th annual Byzantine Choral Festival Concert. Five choirs from the Twin Cities metro area, including St. Constantine’s, will perform.  

Daniel Bielinski is one of many actors who holds down a second job. His is as program chair of dramatic arts at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.

After seven years of formation as a Jesuit scholastic, Christopher Lowney discerned -- in a way that clearly would have impressed St. Ignatius of Loyola -- that religious life was not the purpose for which he was created.